Listen to the Squawking Chicken: When Mother Knows Best, What's a Daughter to Do? A Memoir (Sort Of) is Canadian TV personality and blog gossip writer Elaine Lui's cringe-worthy, hilarious, and brutally honest love letter to her no-holds-barred Chinese mother, aka The Squawking Chicken. Elaine shares stories from her childhood to adulthood about her complicated relationship with a mom who has told her "You look like dried monkey flakes" and "You'll never be Miss Hong Kong." Sure to make you and your mom laugh.